Big News — But Not Good News
[Note: This commentary is cross-posted in the November 15, 2012 edition of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.] Today it’s my duty to point out a disturbing trend for America’s charities. Each…
Read More The Biggest Story That Nobody’s Talking About
At a time when nonprofits (and their donors) are still struggling to recover from the devastation of the Great Recession, one sector of philanthropy is thriving: donor-advised funds. In my…
Read More Follow the Money
It’s important to know how people get paid. Once you understand that, you can see how financial motivations affect their actions. (more…)
Read More A Trail Goes Cold
So these two guys walk into a bar. Actually, I was one of them. It was the end of a conference in Minneapolis last fall, and I had to kill…
Read More Donor-Advised Fund Reform?
A November 21, 2011 op-ed in the New York Times by Boston College law professor Ray D. Madoff raises some good points. We all know that donors receive federal tax deductions…
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